Under the Government’s Wing
Although he isn’t speaking solely about our state, Theodore Gatchel’s op-ed, Sunday, presents a worthy reminder that taxation is not the only government burden that must decrease in Rhode Island: The idea held by many politicians and government bureaucrats that simply passing a new law or issuing a new regulation will solve a problem is…
Computer and internet tech stuff is not my forte. But wouldn’t it be far more effective to build (or bolster as needed) protections and barriers into critical computer infrastructure – electric, water, banking – rather than create a shut-down switch to be operated remotely and, most likely, after the infrastructure has been attacked and damaged?…
Thanks to WPRO’s Matt Allen for the heads-up about the “Pay for Performance Act of 2009” bill that got voted out of Elmer Fudd’s … er, Barney Frank’s committee last week. Byron York at the Washington Examiner reports. But now, in a little-noticed move, the House Financial Services Committee, led by chairman Barney Frank, has…
You may have noticed that my posting has been sporadic, of late. I’ve been going through the sort of experience that all government meddlers ought to have, and it’s proven not only time consuming, but apt to scuttle deeper thoughts. I read, somewhere, that new regulations are set to take effect that will help the…
… did anyone else get the giggles when they heard who is now promoting it? “Essentially, because there’s always been a lot of big money to support the right wing talk shows and, let’s face it, Rush Limbaugh is fairly entertaining even when he’s saying things I think are ridiculous,” Clinton said. “I think the…
Linking to an illustrated Road to Serfdom, Instapundit Glenn Reynolds conveys a reader’s question about what page we’re currently on. Of course, one must take into consideration, as Michael Ledeen does, that American fascism is likely to have some significant differences in character from that described by Hayek, but I’d suggest that we’re somewhere around…
I have a question. Once the dust settles on the big grandchildren’s money drop heading the states’ way, how is our failed public finance system going to maintain all of this on top of the infrastructure and assets that it currently struggles to keep in one piece? To Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline, new federal…
The front page of today’s Providence Journal questions why welfare payments would decrease even as the economy worsens, and it looks to me like Cynthia Needham and her “experts” missed one explanation: Experts attribute the decline to several factors including tighter eligibility, a potential lag time between when the economy falters and when people seek…
It’s a few days old — which in Internet time is a matter of months — but Mark Steyn’s column on the mission creep of FEMA is worth a read if you haven’t gotten to it, yet: The proposition that a new federal administration is itself a federal emergency is almost too perfect an emblem…
It’s may be a small thing, but it always bothers me when the word “benefit” is used to describe welfare-type payments and services, as in: “This is to make the system better,” [Governor Carcieri] said yesterday, noting that nursing home residents could more easily use Medicaid funds to live with family or friends under the…
